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Miss USA 2015 to Light Empire State Building to Raise
Awareness of Alzheimer’s Disease
WHO: Miss USA 2015, Olivia
Jordan, joined
Harry Johns, President
and CEO, Alzheimer’s Association, and Thomas
DeRosa, Chief Executive Officer of Welltower and
Alzheimer’s Association
National Honoree.
WHAT:
Olivia Jordan, Harry Johns, Thomas DeRosa “flipped the
switch” for the Alzheimer’s Association and light the
world-famous Empire State Building’s tower lights purple in
honor of Alzheimer’s awareness and to coincide with the
Alzheimer’s Association Brain Ball.
WHERE: Empire
State Building lobby
350 Fifth Avenue between 33rd and
34th Streets
WHEN:
Friday,
May 6, 2016
DETAILS:
The Empire State Building honored the Alzheimer’s
Association bathing its world-famous tower lights in purple
to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s and celebrate the
Alzheimer’s Association Brain Ball. The Brain Ball elevates
the profile of Alzheimer’s disease and its impact on
families and raises funds for research and critical support
services for individuals, families and caregivers facing the
daily challenges of the disease.
Alzheimer’s is one of Jordon’s
platform issues and a cause she is passionate about. The
Alzheimer’s Association is honoring DeRosa for his
commitment to advancing memory care and connectivity across
the health care continuum to provide quality of life and
dignity for people living with dementia.
About the Alzheimer’s Association
The Alzheimer’s
Association is the leading voluntary health organization in
Alzheimer’s care, support and research. It is the largest
nonprofit funder of Alzheimer’s research. The Association’s
mission is to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the
advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and
support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia
through the promotion of brain health. Its vision is a world
without Alzheimer’s. Visit www.alz.org.
About Empire State Realty Trust
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT), a leading real
estate investment trust (REIT), owns, manages, operates,
acquires and repositions office and retail properties in
Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area,
including the Empire State Building, the world's most famous
building. Headquartered in New York, New York, the Company's
office and retail portfolio covers 10.1 million rentable
square feet, as of September 30, 2015, consisting of 9.4
million rentable square feet in 14 office properties,
including nine in Manhattan, three in Fairfield County,
Connecticut and two in Westchester County, New York; and
approximately 724,000 rentable square feet in the retail
portfolio.
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